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(No M01161.

A. KUHN.

SGAFFOLD FASTENER- No. 534,111. Patented Feb. 12, 1895.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,111, dated February 12, 1895. I I Application filed January 23,1894. Serial No. 497,755. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBIN KiiHN, of Heidelberg, Germany, have invented an Improved Scaffold-Fastener, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-=- Figure 1 is a face View of myimproved scaffold fastener, showing it in position. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same on an enlarged scale. t

The scaffold fastener consists of a bent shank or tightening lever a, provided at its upper end with a hook b, for attaching one end of a chain (1, the other end of which is secured to the lever a, by an eye a, at the bend. The lower end of lever a, is provided with a prong c.

In using the fastener, the poles A, B, to be connected are surrounded by the chain (1, and

then the chain is tightened and secured to hook I). The brace a, is moved up vertically to stretch the chain, and finally the prong c, is driven into the pole B. Whenmy fastener is thus brought into position, the chain is properly tightened and cannot become spontaneously unhooked.

What I claim is-- A fastener composed of a bent lever having a prong at its lower end, a hook at its upper end and an eye at the bend, and of a chain adapted to engage the hook and eye, substantially as specified.

Signed at Mannheim, Germany, this 0th day of January, 1894..

Witnesses:

A. B. BEYREUTHER, BENEDICT GQLDFINGEE.

ALBIN Kin-IN. 

